Tai-Yin Huang's Blog

Friday, July 31, 2015

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

The Commission for Women (CfW) held their annual meeting at UP with President Barron, May 20. Committee Chair, Dr. Tai-Yin Huang presented a recap of the recent CfW All Campus Meeting successfully held at our Lehigh Valley campus. Highlights of the meeting were the STEM panel, Connecting Humans and Nature through Conservation Experiences (CHANCE), and The Integrated Energy Solution for Entrepreneurs (IESE) program. Dr.Jenn Parker, Marianne Kiani, and Sharon Neders also attended.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

5/18/2015 —
Penn State Lehigh Valley has announced the promotion of three professors: Barbara Cantalupo, Ph.D., of Bethlehem, Douglas Hochstetler, Ph.D., of Breinigsville, and Tai-Yin Huang, Ph.D., of Lower Macungie.

Huang received promotion to full professor of physics. She is in her 13th year at the Penn State Lehigh Valley campus. Huang holds a Ph.D. (Physics) from University of Cincinnati, an M.S. (Physics) from University of Cincinnati, and a B.S. (Physics) from National Changhua University of Education in Taiwan. Huang's research interests include gravity waves dynamics, airglow chemistry, and energetics in the MLT region, Lightning-Induced Transient Emissions (LITEs) of airglow, sprites and elves, global warming and climate change, specializing in analytical approach, numerical simulation, and data analysis. Huang is an editorial board member of a few open access online journals and a book editor on Coupling of Thunderstorms and Lightning Discharges to Near-Earth Space. She has served as a reviewer for scientific journals and proposal reviewer for NSF programs. Her latest endeavors involve designing integrated energy solution for entrepreneurs and harvesting electrical energy released from lightning discharge. She owns Andromeda LED Lighting, LLC and several LED and other patents.

Thursday, May 14, 2015

A paper titled "Gravity Waves-induced Airglow Temperature Variations, Phase Relationships, and Krassovsky Ratio for OH(8,3) Airglow, O2(0,1) Atmospheric Band, and O(1S) Greenline in the MLT Region" by Dr. Tai-Yin Huang, associate professor of physics, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. The work was funded by the National Science Foundation.

Monday, April 20, 2015

Dr. Tai-Yin Huang, Associate Professor of Physics, and Dr. Jacqueline Mclaughlin, Associate Professor of Biology, were inducted into Sigma XI, the scientific research society devoted to the promotion of research in science. The event was held at Lehigh University on April 16.

pictured with Huang and McLaughlin is the incoming President of Lehigh University, Dr. John D. Simon.

Monday, April 6, 2015

Dr. Tai-Yin Huang, associate professor of physics, organized and chaired the 9th annual Commission for Women’s Campus Liaison Breakfast Meeting at the Penn Stater on April 2. Campus representatives from all Penn State campuses were invited to attend and present their campus activities. The CfW overviews, history, and the Mentoring Program were also presented. A round table discussion of challenges and opportunities was also among the meeting agenda items.